Mark Napier | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire |
Termstart: | 4 July 1892 |
Termend: | 13 July 1895 |
Party: | Liberal |
Birth Date: | 1852 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
Death Place: | Inverness |
Predecessor: | Arthur Elliot |
Successor: | John Montagu Douglas Scott |
Mark Francis Napier (21 January 1852 – 19 August 1919) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburghshire in the 25th Parliament between 1892 and 1895.[1]
Napier was born in Naples, the fourth son of Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier.[2] Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] he was a Freemason who joined the Isaac Newton University Lodge whilst a student at university.[3] After graduating from Cambridge with a BA degree in 1874, Napier was then called to the Bar at the Inner Temple two years later.[2] He subsequently practised as a barrister prior to being elected to Parliament.